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Will you explain this decimal-to-fraction question to me?

Asked by Dutchess_III (46811points) March 8th, 2012

I hope I don’t feel too dumb when we’re finished but…

The fractional equivalent of .6 is 3/10. However, my teaching program says that the fractional equivalent of .6… repeating is ⅔. I don’t understand how they came up with this.

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